The Great Indian Laughter Challenge
Indian Reality Stand-up comedy series Produced by Endemol India
The Great Indian Laughter Challenge is an Indian reality stand-up comedy series produced by Endemol India. The first four seasons aired on STAR One from 15 June 2005 to 26 September 2008.
The show's fifth season premiered on 30 September 2017 on STAR Plus and was judged by actor Akshay Kumar.
The show is based on a format where stand-up comedians perform and entertain judges and the studio audience with their comedy skills. The first three seasons of the show saw TV personality Shekhar Suman, and politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on the judging panel. The show's initial episodes were hosted by Parizaad Kolah Marshall and later she was replaced by Shonali Nagrani. The fifth season was hosted by Elli Avram. The set was designed by noted Bollywood production designer Nitin Chandrakant Desai. In the fourth season, Shatrughan Sinha replaced Navjot Singh Sidhu as judge as per season.
Seasons
In the first season, Sunil Pal was the winner, while Ahsaan Qureshi finished as runner up and Raju Srivastava as second runner up.
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